Ultrasound tranducer assembly and method for driving an ultrasound transducer head

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ultrasound transducer assembly (10) comprising: an ultrasound transducer head (14), an electrical conductor (16) for connecting the transducer head (14) to an electrical power supply (20) of a base station (12) and for transmitting electrical power from the power supply (20) to the transducer head (14), a connector element (22) for connecting the electrical conductor (16) to the power supply (20) and for receiving an input voltage (V20) from the power supply (20), and a capacitor (34) electrically connected or electrically connectable to the electrical conductor (16) for storing electrical charge, wherein the capacitor (34) has a capacitance larger than or equal to 100 μF.

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